Joanne Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England. Rowling first started telling stories when her sister, Dianna Rowling, was born. She created stories for her sister to keep her entertained. Rowling attended school at St. Michael’s village school, where the inspiration for some of the characters in her famous Harry Potter books came from.After high school, she went to the University of Exeter where she obtained a degree in French and Classics. It was around this time that Rowling got her first Harry Potter idea. She was on a train ride from Manchester to London when she had the idea of a boy at a wizard school. In 1995, Rowling finished typing out Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and sent it out to various agencies. A publishing house called Bloomsbury agreed to print the book. Rowling was paid £1,500 for her first novels. But she made much more money when her fourth book Potter and the Goblet was published, the book sold over 372,000 copies in the UK on the first day alone, and over three million copies in the United States within the first 48 hours! Rowling also sold the rights to her book to Warner Brothers for a film. She became a multi-millionaire overnight.

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When was J.K. Rowling born:

July 1, 1965

July 31, 1965

June 31, 1975

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J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England. Rowling first started telling stories when her sister, Dianna Rowling, was born. She created stories for her sister to keep her entertained. Rowling attended school at St. Michael’s village school, where the inspiration for some of the characters in her famous Harry Potter books came from.After high school, she went to the University of Exeter where she obtained a degree in French and Classics. It was around this time that Rowling got her first Harry Potter idea. She was on a train ride from Manchester to London when she had the idea of a boy at a wizard school. In 1995, Rowling finished typing out Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and sent it out to various agencies. A publishing house called Bloomsbury agreed to print the book. Rowling was paid £1,500 for her first novels. But she made much more money when her fourth book Potter and the Goblet was published, the book sold over 372,000 copies in the UK on the first day alone, and over three million copies in the United States within the first 48 hours! Rowling also sold the rights to her book to Warner Brothers for a film. She became a multi-millionaire overnight.

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Inspiration for some of the characters for Harry Potter came from:

St. Michael’s village school

St. Michael’s high school

her sister, Dianna Rowling

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J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England. Rowling first started telling stories when her sister, Dianna Rowling, was born. She created stories for her sister to keep her entertained. Rowling attended school at St. Michael’s village school, where the inspiration for some of the characters in her famous Harry Potter books came from.After high school, she went to the University of Exeter where she obtained a degree in French and Classics. It was around this time that Rowling got her first Harry Potter idea. She was on a train ride from Manchester to London when she had the idea of a boy at a wizard school. In 1995, Rowling finished typing out Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and sent it out to various agencies. A publishing house called Bloomsbury agreed to print the book. Rowling was paid £1,500 for her first novels. But she made much more money when her fourth book Potter and the Goblet was published, the book sold over 372,000 copies in the UK on the first day alone, and over three million copies in the United States within the first 48 hours! Rowling also sold the rights to her book to Warner Brothers for a film. She became a multi-millionaire overnight.

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At Exeter University she graduated in:

French and Ancient Greek

Writing

French and Classics

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J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England. Rowling first started telling stories when her sister, Dianna Rowling, was born. She created stories for her sister to keep her entertained. Rowling attended school at St. Michael’s village school, where the inspiration for some of the characters in her famous Harry Potter books came from.After high school, she went to the University of Exeter where she obtained a degree in French and Classics. It was around this time that Rowling got her first Harry Potter idea. She was on a train ride from Manchester to London when she had the idea of a boy at a wizard school. In 1995, Rowling finished typing out Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and sent it out to various agencies. A publishing house called Bloomsbury agreed to print the book. Rowling was paid £1,500 for her first novels. But she made much more money when her fourth book Potter and the Goblet was published, the book sold over 372,000 copies in the UK on the first day alone, and over three million copies in the United States within the first 48 hours! Rowling also sold the rights to her book to Warner Brothers for a film. She became a multi-millionaire overnight.

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Where was Rowling when she got the idea for Harry Potter?

Working as a secretary

At a wizard school

On a train from Manchester to London

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J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling was born on July 31, 1965, in Chipping Sodbury, England. Rowling first started telling stories when her sister, Dianna Rowling, was born. She created stories for her sister to keep her entertained. Rowling attended school at St. Michael’s village school, where the inspiration for some of the characters in her famous Harry Potter books came from.After high school, she went to the University of Exeter where she obtained a degree in French and Classics. It was around this time that Rowling got her first Harry Potter idea. She was on a train ride from Manchester to London when she had the idea of a boy at a wizard school. In 1995, Rowling finished typing out Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and sent it out to various agencies. A publishing house called Bloomsbury agreed to print the book. Rowling was paid £1,500 for her first novels. But she made much more money when her fourth book Potter and the Goblet was published, the book sold over 372,000 copies in the UK on the first day alone, and over three million copies in the United States within the first 48 hours! Rowling also sold the rights to her book to Warner Brothers for a film. She became a multi-millionaire overnight.